Stigmatization of people living with HIV among obstetricians and gynecologists: a pilot study
- Authors: Suturina L.V.1, Kuzmin M.Y.1, Markova D.P.1, Atalyan A.V.1, Maryanian A.Y.1, Protopopova N.V.1,2, Dudakova V.N.2, Sharifulin E.M.1,2, Vygovsky E.L.3, Slautina T.I.3, Kokunova E.G.4, Tokunova O.V.5, Dudik E.A.5, Ionushene S.V.5, Semyonova G.I.6, Molchanova I.A.6
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Affiliations:
- Research Center for Family Health and Human Reproduction
- Irkutsk Order of the Badge of Honor Regional Clinical Hospital
- Irkutsk Aviation Production Association Hospital
- Irkutsk City Clinical Hospital No. 8
- Irkutsk City Perinatal Center
- Bratsk Perinatal Center
- Issue: Vol 70, No 5 (2021)
- Pages: 83-94
- Section: Original Research
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/jowd/article/view/61704
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/JOWD61704
- ID: 61704
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The stigma of people living with HIV (PLHIV) remains an urgent problem of modern science. Meanwhile, it can be stated that there is a lack of methods used to study stigmatization.
AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the stigmatization of PLHIV among healthcare workers of the obstetric and gynecological service.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 232 doctors and nurses of the obstetric and gynecological service and was conducted from April to November 2018. We adapted the Questionnaire for Doctors and Nurses’ Views on People Living with HIV/AIDS and the Comprehensive Health Staff Questionnaire (for sentinel surveillance) for this study.
RESULTS: We have studied the current level of awareness of healthcare workers of the obstetric and gynecological service regarding the ways of HIV transmission and methods of treatment. The contradictory attitudes of medical workers towards PLHIV were considered. On the one hand, medical professionals believe that, regardless of their status, the patient deserves qualified assistance. On the other hand, they find it difficult to assess the moral aspect of HIV infection. Dependences of the level of awareness and the peculiarities of attitudes towards PLHIV on sociodemographic characteristics were established.
CONCLUSIONS: This article analyzes the results of the pilot study of stigmatization of PLHIV among healthcare workers of the obstetric and gynecological service. We compared our own results with the data obtained by domestic and foreign authors and discussed the similarities and differences in the conclusions. The limitations of this pilot study were analyzed, with the probable ways of further work proposed and outlined.
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Larisa V. Suturina
Research Center for Family Health and Human Reproduction
Email: lsuturina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6271-7803
SPIN-code: 9419-0244
Scopus Author ID: 55370574000
ResearcherId: P-4719-2015
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Russian Federation, IrkutskMikhail Yu. Kuzmin
Research Center for Family Health and Human Reproduction
Author for correspondence.
Email: mirroy@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7538-8375
SPIN-code: 6392-0180
Scopus Author ID: 57192268883
Cand. Sci. (Psychol.), Assistant Professor
Russian Federation, IrkutskDarya P. Markova
Research Center for Family Health and Human Reproduction
Email: markova-darya@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7926-5241
SPIN-code: 4893-3509
Scopus Author ID: 1044123
Russian Federation, Irkutsk
Alina V. Atalyan
Research Center for Family Health and Human Reproduction
Email: atalyan@sbamsr.irk.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3407-9365
SPIN-code: 3975-8304
Scopus Author ID: 57194327703
Cand. Sci. (Biol.)
Russian Federation, IrkutskAnait Yu. Maryanian
Research Center for Family Health and Human Reproduction
Email: anait_24@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9544-2172
SPIN-code: 2584-6861
Scopus Author ID: 727616
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor
Russian Federation, IrkutskNatalya V. Protopopova
Research Center for Family Health and Human Reproduction; Irkutsk Order of the Badge of Honor Regional Clinical Hospital
Email: doc_protopopova@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1740-228X
SPIN-code: 7622-3480
Scopus Author ID: 154499
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Russian Federation, IrkutskVictoria N. Dudakova
Irkutsk Order of the Badge of Honor Regional Clinical Hospital
Email: vidun@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2916-5688
SPIN-code: 1069-0443
Scopus Author ID: 315513
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor
Russian Federation, IrkutskEldar M. Sharifulin
Research Center for Family Health and Human Reproduction; Irkutsk Order of the Badge of Honor Regional Clinical Hospital
Email: sharifulja@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7245-9289
SPIN-code: 5923-7182
Scopus Author ID: 1044965
MD
Russian Federation, IrkutskEvgeny L. Vygovsky
Irkutsk Aviation Production Association Hospital
Email: msh@msh38.ru
MD
Russian Federation, IrkutskTatyana I. Slautina
Irkutsk Aviation Production Association Hospital
Email: britova72@mail.ru
MD
Russian Federation, IrkutskElena G. Kokunova
Irkutsk City Clinical Hospital No. 8
Email: kokunovagkb8@yandex.ru
MD
Russian Federation, IrkutskOksana V. Tokunova
Irkutsk City Perinatal Center
Email: oksana.tokunova.67@mail.ru
MD
Russian Federation, IrkutskElena A. Dudik
Irkutsk City Perinatal Center
Email: jk@irgpc.ru
MD
Russian Federation, 16, Surikov street, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025Svetlana V. Ionushene
Irkutsk City Perinatal Center
Email: ionouche@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7660-2695
SPIN-code: 2053-7925
Scopus Author ID: 550125
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, IrkutskGalina I. Semyonova
Bratsk Perinatal Center
Email: semengi26@gmail.com
MD
Russian Federation, BratskIrina A. Molchanova
Bratsk Perinatal Center
Email: pozmei@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Bratsk
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